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RSGB launches Innovation 70 competition
The RSGB has launched the Innovation 70 competition as part of its Platinum Jubilee activities. The aim of this activity is to stir amateur radio creativity
Get To 2022 Dayton Hamvention® -- May 20-22

The 2022 Dayton Hamvention®, among the world's largest annual amateur radio gatherings, is ready to celebrate its 70th Anniversary event, May 20 - 22, at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. Organizers report that brisk advance sales of tickets and reservations for inside exhibit booths and flea market spaces are an indication that Hamvention 2022 is headed for success....


Día del Radioaficionado Celebrated May 10, 2022 in Puerto Rico

On May 10, 2022, radio amateurs in Puerto Rico celebrated 25 years of Día del Radioaficionado (Puerto Rico Amateur Radio Operator Day). The day was designated the second Tuesday in May by Law 50 of June 7, 1996. The Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, issued a proclamation to honor the event. Radio amateurs took to social media and the airwaves to celebrate and send good wishes. A special...


ARES® Activated in Oklahoma for Tornado Clean-Up Communications

To help with emergency communications support following an outbreak of tornadoes that hit this past week, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency of Management and Homeland Security requested support from the Oklahoma Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®).

During the first week of May, 12 tornadoes touched down in the central and eastern parts of Oklahoma. The tornado that struck Seminole, Oklah...


ZS1II VE2EK Amateur Radio Blog
Ham Radio/Blogs
Amateur radio blog about Homebrew equipment,ham radio antennas, satellites, QO-100 operations, rf amplifiers, 2m ldmos amplifier, 70cm ldmos amplifier, 23cm ldmos amplifier
Magnetic Loop Controller for 4 Antennas
Antennas/Magnetic Loop
This project is for those ham amateurs who do not have a commercial one . It's easy to build with a soldering iron, a plastic case and a little knowledge of arduino. The controller is made with budget components you can find easily in Internet. The main component is a cnc shield that fits over an Arduino Uno. Both made a compact, small and cheap controller.
Interactive Worldwide Map of Amateur Radio and more
Internet and Radio/Directories
The first interactive map of amateur radio repeaters and more updated in REAL TIME.
$4,900 to move a ham radio antenna
Amateur Radio, two-way radio, transmitters, receivers, shortwave, electronics, electronic test equipment, antennas, aerials
IARU coordinates Amateur Radio payload for Chinese space station
The CSSARC is the Amateur Radio payload for Chinese Space Station, proposed by Chinese Radio Amateurs Club (CRAC), Aerospace System Engineering Research Institute of Shanghai (ASES) and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
Kick-off Hamvention with dinner at Tickets
The annual AMSAT 'Dinner at Tickets' party will be held at Tickets Pub and Eatery on Thursday, May 19 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT. There is no program or speaker - just good conversation
Get to 2022 Dayton Hamvention-- May 20-22
Organizers report that brisk advance sales of tickets and reservations for inside exhibit booths and flea market spaces are an indication that Hamvention 2022 is headed for success
German radio hams plan to use GSM/GPRS technology
German radio amateurs have been given a grant of 249,424 Euros by ARDC to develop software that will allow the use of GSM/GPRS technology on amateur radio bands
North East Radio Group, Inc. Australia
Home of the NERG amateur radio club located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The K4ICY Minty Keyer
Technical Reference/Keyers
Build your own 3-IC Iambic Electronic Keyer. Here, you will find schematics and operation descriptions. Includes Dot/Dash Memory, Progressive Element Weighting
Land of Craters
The Land of Craters programme in Israel continues with an activation of the crater Makhtesh Ramon (locator KM70jo, Holyland square F-30-BS, WWFF 4XFF-0020) on May 13 and 14 with the callsign 4X0RMN
Strange sunspot explodes, produces X-class solar-flare
An unusually-magnetized sunspot exploded on May 10th, producing an intense X1.5-class solar flare
Razzies magazine available
Razzies, the monthly magazine published by the Netherlands society Radio Amateurs Zoetermeer (RAZ), is available as a free PDF
Tour boat operator used ham radio frequencies
Operator of the Kazu I tour boat that sank off Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula had used ham radio on a regular basis as a communications method, prior to the fatal incident, the Mainichi Shimbun learned from affiliated parties on May 9
DigiLink
Manufacturers/Interfaces
Compact Digital Mode USB Interface. DigiLink Nano is a very compact digital mode Ham Radio interface to connect your rig to a computer or tablet and run virtually any digital mode like PSK31, RTTY, FT-4/FT-8/JT-9/JT-65, Olivia etc.
FCC Has Resolved Technical Issues and Resumes Processing Amateur Radio License Applications

Updated 5/9/2022

The ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) reports that the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) electronic batch filing (EBF) system is back online and functioning normally. A message sent by the FCC ULS EBF Team to VECs explains that the technical issues with ULS EBF filing are resolved, and that VECs may resume submitting files containing amateur radio license applications...


The Vertical Buddi Beam for 20m
Antennas/20M/20 meter Vertical Antennas
The Vertical Buddi Beam on 20m using no Coils. n this article I am going to describe a totally new way to construct and use a very old design the two element Yagi antenna. Unlike the traditional Yagi this design does not require a Tower or a boom, it is 100 percent portable and most important high- performance and easy to assemble using standard Buddipole components.
Sherwood Tools available
The work that Rob Sherwood NC0B has contributed to the public over the past decade is unique and an amazing service to hams worldwide. I’m talking about, of course, his summary Table of receive bench tests published at this Sherwood Engineering website
Aircraft altimeter retrofits
The United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will meet on Wednesday with telecom and airline industry officials in a push to retrofit and ultimately replace some airplane radio altimeters that could face interference from C-Band 5G wireless services
Shortwave radio resurrected
Canada's CTV News reports shortwave radio, used by spies for decades to send encrypted messages, is being resurrected for the war in Ukraine
Mi Amigo DJs reunite for one last Caroline broadcast
A group of DJs who served on the Mi Amigo in the 70s are reuniting for one last broadcast on Radio Caroline this summer, live from the studios on board Ross Revenge
Shannon Basin Radio Club news
Members of the Shannon Basin Radio Club will be taking part in the European leg of the mills on the air weekend on 14th/15th May, operating from Elphin Windmill in Co. Roscommon and using the call-sign EI2EWM
Ofcom Short Range Devices and mmWave consultations
SRD proposals including using UWB in 3.8 and 6 GHz bands for vehicle keyless entry systems instead of existing flawed narrow-band (433.92 MHz) approach and closing 24 GHz to new Automotive Radar systems
HAMCHALLENGE 2022
We want your ideas to change us! Amateur Radio is about fun, radio communications, technology, experimentation, self-training and friendship. Do you have a mind-blowing idea you would like to share with the community?
AMSATSA announces 2022 Space Symposium date
AMSATSA has announced the date for the association's 2022 Space Symposium. It will be held on Saturday 23 July 2022
Mission Space Lab
Raspberry Pi and its partners at ESA Education are excited to announce that 299 teams have achieved flight status in Mission Space Lab of the 2021/22 European Astro Pi Challenge
Mills On The Air in Shropshire newspaper
Martin G7WBX got good publicity for Amateur Radio by getting press coverage for his Mill on the Air (MOTA) activity
Online Talk: Weather and Propagation by G3YLA
On Wednesday, May 11, Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society will have an online talk Weather and Propagation by former TV weather forecaster Jim Bacon G3YLA, all are welcome to join the Zoom session
KiWi WebSDR Maps
Internet and Radio/Online Receivers
A live map of current KiWiSDR receivers available on the network taken directly by the KiwiSDR Site
End-of-contract notifications driving better deals for customers
More people are taking out new contracts and securing better deals with their broadband provider after being reminded their contract is up, according to new Ofcom research
IRTS Study Guide
The tutors of the NSWLC have been very busy rewriting the IRTS Course Guide into the new IRTS Study Guide compliant with the new Irish HAREC exam structure and syllabus

 

 
 
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